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Who will join CCHIT as a certification body?
Date: Jan 25, 2010 The Dept. of Health and Human Services published its Interim Final Rule, "Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology," which includes certification criteria for EHRs, in the Federal Register Jan. 13. Now that the standards rules for certification have been updated to align with the meaningful use criteria, when will the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) create a process to recognize certification bodies, which is required by law?
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To consent or not to consent - that is the question
Date: Sep 21, 2009 On Friday, the Health Information Technology Policy Committee heard privacy experts' proposals for protecting patient data in the exchange of health information. The discussion focused around "patient consent."
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Expanding health IT incentives is a good idea
Date: Aug 19, 2009 The health IT incentives in the federal stimulus package should be expanded to include specialists, small hospitals and safety-net providers, the Meaningful Use Workgroup of the Health Information Technology Policy Committee recommended to the Dept. of Health and Human Services last Friday.
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How many organizations does it take to certify EHRs?
Date: Aug 17, 2009 No, that question is not a joke in the vein of "How many fill-in-the-blanks-here does it take to change a light bulb." The answer, which will evolve in the next several months, will determine if the certification process' trustworthiness is worth the increased complexity with the addition of more bodies.
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